A:AnswerSince this unit is refurbished we can't give you a definitive answer on the battery life, but it's designed to have good battery life and it would be good for school. It does not have a DVD drive but you can use an external one.
A:AnswerThe processor is sufficient for gaming, but for any graphics intensive titles, it will not be your best choice. Gaming laptops have separate processing and memory dedicated to managing the graphics, and this laptop does not.